2 day old - should I be worried about 6.5 hours sleep?

[nicannie]

We had our baby girl on 22nd March at 00:44. I'm breastfeeding her and she has been latching and feeding really well.

I was told by my midwife to expect a hellish night in night 2 (tonight) - and that she would feed constantly. As it turned out, it seemed she did this all day today. Timings listed of feeds in the pic attached to post as it's easier to show straight from my app. She's now been sleeping since 8:15pm so that's 6.5 hours with no feed. I've tried to feed her around 3 times now by nappy changes to help waken her and she just isn't interested in feeding at all. Should I be worried about this or just roll with it? My midwife said not to let her go longer than 4 hours without a feed so I am feeling slightly anxious that I'm doing something wrong. She seems really content though and happy to be sleeping....

Thank you anyone who is up and able to read and advise!

Wake her up. It’s time for a meal.

A cool wet flannel applied to the feet will help wake her up enough to eat.

Thanks @Purpleartichoke I'll go give that a go now!

Definitely wake her up. She needs a feed.

I also found gently blowing on her face helped sometimes!

Yep agree wake her up, tickle, feet, flannel idea is good, strip down to nappy (as long as you room is warm). It goes against instincts to wake them but we had to do the same.

Thanks everyone! Just managed to get her awake with the cold flannel suggestions and feeding on both for around 40 mins total. Thanks again xx

We had this with our DD, she's a month old now and still has long sleeps every now and then.
How was the birth? Did you have a lot of assistance for pain? Turns out our baby was basically drugged up for the first few days due to the huge amount of pain meds I had to take during the birth (3 days of labour).

She started sleeping for long periods of around 1am to 7am each night but we ended up back in hospital where we were told off for not forcing her to wake up and feed every 4hrs. She refuses to feed if woken up or just throws it all back up anyway. After a week in hospital we got home to find her sleeping pattern changed and she's now up all night and demanding regular feeds, then sleeping for long periods in the day.

We were given conflicting advice over what is the correct thing to do. GP says leave to sleep, hospital doctor said to wake her every 4hrs minimum, nurses opinions varied between the two. Surely the baby would wake if hungry? But be careful not to leave her too long as she may make herself sick by taking too much if she's gotten too hungry (this happens to us and she lost too much weight at first).

@stuckinthemiddlewithtwats thanks for yo ur honest response!

The birth was so quick, 3-4 hours labour with only gas and air, I had 2k of fluids but that was it! 3 days wow that sounds painful and long!

Oh that's scary! Is she bottle fed do u mind me asking ?

That's what my DP keeps saying she will tell me. Thankfully she fed for 40 mins through the night and I'm about to try her again now xx

I think after 6 hours it’s probably best to wake her as she is so new but I’d be letting her sleep longer once feeding has been established though.

Thanks @ThatsWotSheSaid - I think the breastfeeding support will be phoning me today as well so I'll definitely ask them too xx

Def wake her. I had this with my second, turns out he just wasn't getting enough so was sleeping coz he was starving